Illegal Bangladeshi Migration Into Assam, with Special Reference to Btad

Illegal Bangladeshi Migration Into Assam, with Special Reference to Btad

ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MIGRATION INTO ASSAM, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BTAD THESIS SUBMITTED TO TILAK MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY FOR THE DEGREE OF M. Phil. (IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES) BY MRINAL BASUMATARY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF Dr. M. C. PAWAR READER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Dr. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY SEPTEMBER‐ 2011 Page 1 of 305 Page 2 of 305 DECLARATION: I hereby declare that the thesis entitled, “Illegal Bangladeshi migration into Assam, with special reference to BTAD”, submitted by me is based on actual work done by me under the guidance and supervision of Dr. M. C. Pawar. And to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which has been accepted for award of any other Degree or Diploma of the University or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text. Place…………….. Date……………… Research Scholar Page 3 of 305 CONTENTS: CHAPTER‐1 10‐23 1.1 INTRODUCTION: 14 1.2 AIMS AND SCOPE: 15 1.3 REVIEW OFLI TERATURE: 18 1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: 20 1.5 HYPOTHESES: 20 1.6 METHODOLOGY: 20 1.7 SOURCES: 21 1.8 CHAPTER SCHEME: 22 REFERENCES: 23 CHAPTER‐2 HISTORY OFMIGRATION INTO ASSAM: 26‐54 2.1 MIGRATION: MEANING AND DEVELOPMENT: 26 2.2 DURING PRE-COLONIAL PERIODS: 29 2.2.1 THE BODOS: 29 2.2.2 THE ARYANS: 33 2.2.3 THE MUSLIMS: 36 2.2.4 THE AHOMS: 38 2.2.5 THE SIKHS: 41 2.2.6 THE BUDDHIST: 41 2.3 COLONIAL PERIODS: 42 2.3.1 HINDU BENGALIS FROM BENGAL: 42 2.3.2 MUSLIM PEASANT FROM EAST BENGAL: 43 2.3.3 BLACK TRIBALS: 44 2.3.4 MARWARIS: 46 2.3.5 NEPALESE: 46 2.3.6 THE BEHARIS 47 2.4 POST COLONIAL: 47 REFERENCES: 51=54 CHAPTER‐3 ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MIGRATION INTO ASSAM: 57‐108 3.1 PRE-INDEPENDENCE: 57 3.1.1 HISTORY OF MUSLIM IMMIGRATION: 57 3.1.2 LAND ALIENATION: 58 Page 4 of 305 3.1.3 DEMOGRAPHIC INVASION OF ASSAM BY BANGLADESHI IMMIGRANTS: 62 3.1.4 LINE SYSTEM AND COLONIZATION SCHEME: 65 HOW BANGLADESHI MUSLIMS WIPED THE ASSAMESE OUT IN THEIR 3.1.5 OWN LAND? 68 GROW MORE MUSLIMS POLICY/ SADULLAH GOVERNMENT AND THE 3.1.6 PROBLEM OF IMMIGRATION: 71 3.1.7 DEMAND OF LEAGUE TO INCLUDE ASSAM IN PAKISTAN: 75 3.2 POST INDEPENDENCE: 79 3.2.1 ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MIGRATION AFTER INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE: 79 3.2.2 GEOGRAPHICAL PHENOMENON: 81 3.2.3 MIGRATION AND LAND ALIENATION: 82 3.2.4 SOCIO-CULTURAL THREAT: 84 3.2.5 LIBERATION WAR: 85 3.2.6 PROBLEM OF SECURITY DUE TO MIGRATION: 86 3.2.7 MUSLIM MAJORITY DISTRICTS: 88 3.2.8 VOTE BANK POLICY/POLITICS: 91 3.2.9 DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: 93 3.2.10 ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MUSLIM AND THEIR OCCUPATION: 95 BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS ILLEGAL 3.2.11 BANGLADESHI MIGRANTS INTO ASSAM, INDIA: 97 ESTIMATES OF PRESENCE OF ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MIGRANTS IN 3.2.12 ASSAM: 98 3.2.13 IMMIGRATION POLICY: 101 REFERENCES: 102‐108 CHAPTER‐4 4 FACTORS BEHIND ILLEGAL MIGRATION INTO ASSAM: 111‐128 4.1 POOR BORDER: 112 4.2 VOTE BANK POLITICS: 114 4.3 BANGLADESH LIBERATION & WAR REFUGEES: 116 4.4 SIMILARITY IN APPERANCE & LANGUAGE: 117 4.5 IGNORANCE BY CENTRE: 118 4.6 POVERTY & WORK OPPORTUNITIES: 120 4.7 PERSECUTION OF HINDUS IN BANGLADESH: 120 4.8 ILLEGAL MIGRATION DETREMINATION BY TRIBUNAL: 121 4.9 OVER- POPULATION: 123 REFERENCES: 125‐128 Page 5 of 305 CHAPTER‐5 MIGRATION: IT’S IMPACT ON SOCIETY: 131‐192 5.1 POLITICAL: 132 5.1.1 VOTE BANK POLITICS: 132 5.1.2 REGIONALISM & REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES: 137 5.1.3 POLITICAL DOMINATION BY ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MUDLIMS: 139 5.1.4 AUTONOMOUS & LIBERATION MOVEMENT: 144 5.1.5 POLITICAL UNREST: 146 5.2 ECONOMICAL: 149 5.2.1 DETECTION & DEPORTION OF ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MIGRATION: 151 5.2.2 NATURAL CALAMITIES: 152 5.3 SOCIAL: 154 5.3.1 DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: 154 5.3.2 LANGUAGE PROBLEM: 159 5.3.3 LAND ALIENATION: 163 5.3.4 RIOTS: 165 5.3.5 RISE OF CRIME: 167 5.3.6 ETHNIC IDENTITY: 170 5.4 SECURITY: 171 5.4.1 RISE OF INSURGENCY: 173 5.4.2 PROLIFERATION OF MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANISATION: 175 5.4.3 THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY: 179 5.4.4 INTERNATIONAL RELATION: 181 REFERENCES: 183‐192 CHAPTER‐6 ASSAM MOVEMENT & ITS CONSEQUENCES: 1195=217 6.1 GENESIS OF ASSAM MOVEMENT: 195 6.2 PARLIAMENTARY BYE ELECTION 1979: 197 6.3 BIRTH OF UNITED LIBERATION FRONT OF ASSAM: 200 6.4 LEADERSHIP OF THE MOVEMENT: 201 6.5 ASSAM ACCORD: 206 6.6 ANTI FOREIGNERS MOVEMENT: 209 6.7 FORMATION OF ASSAM GANA PARISHAD (AGP): 212 6.8 UNITED MINORITY FRONT (UMF): 213 REFERENCES: 215‐217 Page 6 of 305 CHAPTER‐7 MIGRATION IN BODOLAND TERRITORIAL AREAS DISTRICTS: 220‐240 STATUS & IMPACT OF ILLEGAL BANGLADESHI MIGRATION INTO 7.1 BTAD: 220 7.1.1 GENESIS OF BTAD: 220 7.1.2 LOCATION OF DISTRICTS: 220 RECENT ETHNIC CONFLICT BETWEEN MIGRANTS AND NATIVE 7.2 PEOPLE OF BTAD: 228 7.2.1 STARTING OF THE RIOT: 231 REFERENCES: 237=240 CHAPTER‐8 STEPS & MEASURES: 243‐283 8.1 PRE-INDEPENDENCE: LINE SYSTEM, EVICTION BY BORDOLOI: 243 8.1.1 LINE SYSTEM: 243 8.1.2 EVICTION BY BORDOLAI: 245 POST INDEPENDENCE : BY BORDOLOI (TRIBAL BELT) BY BIMALA PRASAD CHALIHA, IMDT ACT, ASSAM ACCORD, CHIRING CHAPORI YUVA MANCHA 8.2 (CCYM): 247 8.2.1 BY BORDOLOI: 247 8.2.2 BY BIMALA PRASAD CHALIHA: 249 8.2.3 ILLEGAL MIGRATION DETERMINATION TRIBUNALS: 251 8.2.4 ASSAM ACCORD: 259 8.2.5 CHIRING CHAPORI YUVA MANEHA (C.C.Y.M): 264 REFERENCES: 266=269 CHAPTER‐9 ANALYSIS & FINDINGS: 2271‐283 CHAPTER‐10 CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION: 2286‐290 10.1 1CONCLUSION: 286 10.2 SUGGESTIONS: 2888 10.2.1 POLITICAL: 2888 10.2.2 SOCIAL: 289 10.2.3 ECONOMIC: 289 10.2.4 SECURITY: 290 10.2.5 DIPLOMACY: 290 Page 7 of 305 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: I feel immense pleasure in extending my deep sense of gratitude to my revered guide Dr. M. C. Pawar, Head of the Department of Public Administration of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwadw University, Aurangabad for his deft guidance. I am no less indebted to him for rendering all sorts of assistance to me I this research work. I am grateful to the faculty of the Department of Political Science, Tilak Maharashtra University, for their encouragement and help during the course of research work and to the staff of Tilak Maharashtra University Library and Office members. There are numbers of persons whose help and inspiration I cannot repay but acknowledge. There are a lots of other persons too whose names I may not have mentioned here but who nevertheless helped me in way that had great bearing on the research work. I am also grateful to the university grants commission for providing me the financial aid to conduct the research by selecting me for the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC/ST student RGNF I am also very much grateful to Ms. Sunita Ramsiary. She helped me a lot in collecting data, assembling my draft and as well as in typing. Without her contribution this research work would have been nowhere near what it is and also would like to thank my parents, especially my father who always stood by my side thorough out this research work. Date………………. Place……………... Mrinal Basumatary Page 8 of 305 LIST OF TABLES AND GRAPHS: 2.1 Chronicle of Ahom Kings 40 2.2 Annual migration of Labour including their children into Assam plantations* 45 3.1 Transfer of land 59 3.2 Density as per decadal census report 61 3.3 Muslim population of Assam 1874, after reorganization of Assam into a, chief commissioner’s province. 62 3.4 Decadal percentage variation in population since 1941 80 3.5 Decrease of Hindu population in East Bengal/East Pakistan/Bangladesh* 86 3.6 Growth rate comparison of Hindu & Muslim population in Muslim majority districts in 1991 – 200 89 3.7 Muslim majority district of Assam in 1971 & 2001 90 4.1 Density per square mile* 124 5.1 trends of population growth: India & Assam 1901 – 1971 155 5.2 Distribution of legal & illegal foreigners in Assam in percentage* 157 5.3 Muslim population growth 158 5.4 Major languages in Assam, 1971 162 5.5 Illegal migrants in India till 1998* 172 6.1 Assam state Assembly Election Results, 1978 196 Distribution of population in relief camps of Kokrajhar & Gossaigaon sub-division following the ethnic violence 7.1 of 1996-97 227 7.2 Muslim displaced person in Chirang district of BTAD 227 8.1 Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants in India* 251 8.2 Government of Assam Report on the progress of IMDT in respect of detection & expulsion of illegal migrants’ 253 8.3 No of Muslim deported from Assam to Bangladesh* 255 Page 9 of 305 ABBREVIATION: AGP- Asom Gana Parishad. AASU - All Assam Student Union. BTAD – Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts. AIML- All India Muslim League. ULFA- United Liberation of Assam. CADAGAS- Char Area Development Authority, Government of Assam State. ISI- Inter Service Intelligence. BMET- Bangladesh Manpower Employment and Training. UNO- United Nations Organization. CRB – Census Report of Bangladesh. BSF- Border Security Force. IMDT- Illegal Migrants Determination Tribunals. NRC- National Register of Citizens. VIC- Voter Identity Card. NIC- National Integration Council. UMF- United Minority Front.

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